Archive for the 'Home business ideas' Category

How to Make More Money From Your Blog

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

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5 Tips to Increase Blog Monetization
Today, I listened to an audio recording of an Internet marketing coach critiquing a work at home Mom’s blog. The coach, Carrie Lauth, was giving the blog owner tips on how to make more money with her blog.
I took down some notes and synthesized them, and now I’d [...]

10 Top Tips For Creating Your Freelance Writer Online Portfolio

Friday, June 20th, 2008

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How to Create a Top-Notch Freelance Writer Online Portfolio
One of the first pieces of advice I received from other work at home Moms when I told them about my venture into freelance writing was to put up an online portfolio.
I knew it made sense. Who isn’t on the web nowadays? And what better [...]

The Cost of Starting a Freelance Writing Career

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

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Freelancing writing is an easy and inexpensive home business for a stay at home Mom to set up. According to an article in Yahoo!, it can also be one of the most lucrative. However, many newbies may not be aware that there are start-up costs involved in putting up a freelance writing business.
If [...]

Does anybody really make money from “paid” surveys?

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

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Since my last post, I’ve moved halfway around the globe to Canada. I hadn’t anticipated the impact this would have on me physically and emotionally. I’ve only been able to do the most basic things to keep myself and my family functioning and blogging was all but forgotten. I realized that with the [...]

How to avoid work at home scams, Part 2: Use only legitimate job leads

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

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I’ve spent hours online looking for legitimate sources of work at home job leads. You know what? I was disappointed. Thousands of websites promise work at home jobs and home business ideas, but most of them make me suspicious. They make promises but show no accountability. Some sites didn’t even have an [...]

Can I make $10 in 30 days?

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

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I’ve joined the 30 Day Challenge! This is a FREE online training program on internet marketing. Ed Dale and his colleagues are teaching us the basics of internet marketing and the goal is to make at least $10 in 30 days! Ed is a casual and occasionally funny guy who seems to know [...]

How to avoid work at home scams, Part 1: Do your research

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

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Have you ever fallen for a work at home scam? I have. Or rather, my DH has. And I was right there over his shoulder. We didn’t lose huge sums of money because we cut our losses early. But when you have three little mouths to feed, every cent counts.
So when I decided [...]

How to develop money-making niche sites with WordPress

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

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I’m so happy to have discovered a free Ebook entitled “How to develop money-making niche sites with WordPress”. The Ebook is written by Caroline Middlebrook, a blogger whose months-old blog about Internet Marketing has already become very successful with over 1,000 subscribers. Caroline freely shares her knowledge of [...]

Seven ways to make money on the Internet - no scams!

Monday, January 14th, 2008

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In the last 10 years while I was mulling quitting my job to become a stay-at-home Mom, the Internet became the BIG thing. Its use became widespread and has revolutionized many people’s lives – including thousands of women who discovered that they could make money at home. In their pajamas. When [...]